Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Transmissions: The Music Of Beverly Glenn-Copeland '2020

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The perfect introduction to Beverly Glenn-Copelands charming and idiosyncratic
sonic universe: a career-spanning collection that includes his first new song in
16 years.

When he began releasing music in the early 1970s, Beverly Glenn-Copeland
struggled to find an audience for his earnest, emotionally rich folk pop. A
career in television as a regular actor on Canadian childrens TV show Mr.
Dressup gave Glenn-Copeland a paycheck but didnt shine too bright a light on his
musical abilities. In 1986, he put together a record using a Yamaha DX7 synth
and Roland TR-707 drum machine called Keyboard Fantasies. At the time it was a
short-run cassette-only release, reaching only a limited audience, but online
diggers eventually discovered the album and began to investigate Glenn-Copelands
career further.

Transmissions compiles songs from Keyboard Fantasies and Glenn-Copelands debut
Beverly Copeland, bundling them with tracks from the lesser-known At Last! EP
and 2004s Primal Prayer. There are two recent live recordings too, as the surge
of interest in his work allowed him to perform these songs internationally for
the first time. Most interesting though is the inclusion of a brand new track
(Glenn-Copelands first in 16 years) River Dreams, a devotional-sounding haze of
woozy new-age pop that continues the themes of Keyboard Fantasies while
transporting them into a new era.

Anyone who needs a primer into Glenn-Copelands unique musical world couldnt find
a much better collection than this. The remaster sounds incredible and the
choice of tracks highlights Glenn-Copelands versatility and originality without
sacrificing any charm. Theres been a glut of crate-digger adjacent reissue
material recently, we know, and its not always worthy of the hype - this one
most definately is

Tracklisting:
01. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - La Vita (3:53)
02. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Ever New (7:10)
03. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Colour of Anyhow (CBC Q Live Version) (5:44)
04. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Deep River (Live At Le Guess Who?) (6:46)
05. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Dont Despair (2:57)
06. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Durocher (4:37)
07. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - River Dreams (4:12)
08. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - This Side of Grace (3:45)
09. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Sunset Village (7:20)
10. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - In the Image (4:18)
11. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - A Little Talk (7:16)
12. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Montreal Main (The Buddha In The Palm) (Bonus
Track) (4:09)
13. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Erzili (Bonus Track) (9:44)

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